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WITNESSES m E N R O T T 1A N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON, DC.

V fUNiTED STATES PATENT Price.

CHARLES L. DICK AND MICHAEL WVOEHL, OF CORYDON, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,146, dated January4, 1881.

I Application filed September 20, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES L. DICK and MIGHAEL VVOEHL, of Gorydon, inthe county of Harrison and State of Indiana, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Flows; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form. a

' part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sulky-plow embodying the improvementsof ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig.4 is a detail view of the adjustable wheel and its adjusting mechanism.Fig. 5 is an enlarged frontelevation, partly in section.

This invention has relation to sulky-plows and it consists in theimproved features of construction and combination hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

. Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A A designate thesupportingwheels, one of which, A, is adjustable, as will be hereinafterexplained.

B designates a vertical frame, the arm O of which is provided with ashort axle, G, and the arm D is provided with a forwardly-projectingu'pwardlycurved arm, D, secured to or formed with a short horizontalextension, E. An upwardly-extending and forwardlycurved and perforatedrack-arm, F, is also formed with or secured to the short extension E.

A short axle, G, with a short vertical arm, H, having flanges l at itslower end and flanges I at its upper end, is provided withaforwardlyextending arm, J, and a vertical rearwardlyinclinedlatching-lever, K. The arms D and J are connected at their forward endsby a hinge or pivot joint, L. The flanges I I embrace the curvedperforated rack-arm F, and the detent M of the latching-lever K entersthe perforations in the rack-arm F and holds the adjustable wheel A inthe position to which it may have been adjusted by the movement of thelatching-lever K. The adjustable wheel A rides in the furrow, and theobject for which it is intended is to keep the frame in a horizontalplane during the operation of plowing.

Within the arms 0 D of the vertical frame B is a vertically-slidingframe, N, the flanges N N of which, serve as ways to hold it in place insaid frame B. This sliding frame N is provided at the lower ends of itsarms with boxes or bearings O, in which the shaft P is supported. Thisshaft P has a flat central portion,- over which a loop, P, rises, andbetween the loop and the flatportion of the shaft the plow-beam Q of anykind of a beam-plow may be secured by wedges or in any other suitablemanner.

About midway of the cross-bar Q of the vertical frame B, and to theunder side of the same, is pivoted an upwardly-curved notched arm, B, insuch a manner that it may be swung on its pivot in a horizontal plane.

To the right-hand side of the frame B, and above the arm D of the same,is pivoted or hinged, at R, a horizontally-curved notched arm, B havingits motion on its pivot in a vertical plane.

Upon the top of the cross-bar Q, and upon the pivot of the vertical armR, is a stirrup, R in which is fulcrumed a latching-lever, S. The latchS of this lever S is a double latch, and consists of a sleevesurrounding the lever S, the top portion, S projecting forward of theside portions, S The top portion engages the notches of the vertical armR, and the lefthand side portion, S engages the notches of thehorizontal arm R so that the latch S holds the lever S both to itsvertical and its horizontal adjustments. the latching-lever S isbifurcated, and in this bifurcation T is pivoted the upper end of aforked frame, T. Between the arms T of the frame T, and at the lower endof the same, is pivoted a loop or frame, U, for the reception of theplow-beam in front of the point of its connection with the journaledshaft P. The forked frame T straddles the tongue V, which extendsforward from the cross-bar of the sliding frame N, and is strengthenedby braces V, extending upward and forward from the lower ends of thearms of the sliding frame N.

A chain, W, extends from the latching-lever S to the tongue, to limitthe distance to which the plow may be depressed.

A seat, X, is supported by braces X X X extending rearward from thevertical frame B.

Y designates the plow.

The forward end of As has been before stated, the adjustable wheel A,through its latching-lever K, perforated arm F, arms 1) and J, anddetent M, permits the plow and frame to be maintained in a horizontalplane.

The pivoted latching-lever S, having both a vertical and a horizontalswing through the pivoted ratchet-arms R R elevates the plowbeam bymeans of the sliding frame N, and also shifts it from left to right, orvice versu, through the pivoted forked frame T.

The advantages of this construction are obvious. Two levers only areused to effect all the adjustments necessary, and they are both inconvenient reach of the driver. The advantage of being able to shift theplow at the same time that it is raised is a valuable one. It is ofgreat use in plowing around stumps and stones and in turning corners.

Any style of beam-plow may be connected with this sulky. The sulky issimple and inexpensive, and is not liable to easily get out of order.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a sulky-plow, the combination, with the vertical frame B G D,provided with the short axle O, of the forwardly-projeetingupwardlycurved arm D, having a short horizontal extension, E, providedwith an upwardly extended and forwardly-curved and perforated rack-arm,F, short axle G, having short vertical arm H, provided with flanges I Iat its lower and upper ends, forwardly-extended pivoted arm J, latchinglever K, and detent M, the several parts constructed and relativelyarranged to operate substantially in the manner herein shown anddescribed.

2. In a sulky-plow, the vertical sliding frame N, having the bearings O,the shaft P, carrying loop P, and the pivoted forked arm T, carrying theloop U, in combination with the pivoted latching-lever S, vertical armR, horizontal arm R stirrup R and tongue V, constructed and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

UHARLES L. DICK. MICHAEL WOEHL. Witnesses:

DAVID A. SIEG, JACOB O. MARKEL.

